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Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Waxman to Rice: Step Back — Here's the latest volley in the ongoing battle between Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. — Waxman, the chairman of the House committee on oversight, wrote to Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice today to complain …
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Committee on Oversight and Government Reform:
Committee Seeks Niger Documents and Testimony and Instructs State Department Not to Impede Probe — Today Chairman Waxman sent a letter to Secretary of State Rice (1) informing the Secretary that the legislative affairs officials in the Department should not hinder the Committee's inquiry …
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New York Times:
U.S. Officials Meet Briefly With Iranians — American and Iranian officials spoke briefly today at a regional conference here on the Iraq situation, in a rare direct conversation between representatives of the two antagonistic nations. — Ryan Crocker, the United States ambassador to Iraq …
Rasmussen Reports:
22% Believe Bush Knew About 9/11 Attacks in Advance — Democrats in America are evenly divided on the question of whether George W. Bush knew about the 9/11 terrorist attacks in advance. Thirty-five percent (35%) of Democrats believe he did know, 39% say he did not know, and 26% are not sure.
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Reality-Based Communities — Rasmussen has a new poll that measures the paranoia level in America, and unsurprisingly, BDS sufferers exhibit more than almost any group. When asked the question "Did Bush Know About the 9/11 Attacks in Advance?", almost as many Democrats say Yes as say No (via Memeorandum):
John Ward Anderson / Washington Post:
Sarkozy No Favorite in Paris Suburbs — Harsh Comments During 2005 Riots Still Anger Many in Minority Areas — After an 11-year-old boy was killed here two years ago in crossfire between rival gangs, Nicolas Sarkozy, then France's interior minister, came to the underclass neighborhood …
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Kerstin Gehmlich / Reuters:
France's Royal warns of violence if Sarkozy wins — PARIS (Reuters) - Socialist opponent Segolene Royal said on Friday that France risks violence and brutality if her opponent right-winger Nicolas Sarkozy wins Sunday's presidential election. — On the last day of official campaigning …
Spencerackerman / toohotfortnr:
REAL CHILD OF HELL: — Behold! Mitt Romney rides a pale horse. From last night's debate: … Bin Laden is a singular figure, but, you know, fair enough; there will be a successor to bin Laden. But where might Romney be going with this? … Mitt Romney's War: the total conflation of all Islamist movements.
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Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Bush, Democrats and Iraq — What happens next? — The House on Wednesday failed to override President Bush's veto of a $124.2 billion war-funding measure that included a firm time line for withdrawing troops from Iraq. — The House's 222-203 vote fell 62 votes short of the two-thirds majority required.
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Los Angeles Times:
Paris Hilton is sentenced to 45 days in jail — Celebrity heiress Paris Hilton today was sentenced to 45 days in jail for violating her probation in a reckless-driving case. — A Los Angeles judge handed down the sentence after prosecutors contended in a two-hour hearing that Hilton …
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Frank Newport / Gallup Poll:
Hillary's Image — Public rates Clinton — PRINCETON, NJ — Hillary Clinton is one of the best-known political personalities in the country, having been in an intense public spotlight for more than 15 years. Although Clinton has been well-known for some time, opinions of her have shifted considerably as the years have gone by.
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Brian Ross Reports / The Blotter:
'D.C. Madam' Client Ready to Testify About Sex — Brian Ross Reports: — One of the prominent Washington men named as an escort service customer of the so-called "D.C. Madam" is apparently ready to testify he had sex with a woman or women from the madam's now-infamous Pamela Martin and Associates.
Bill Torpy / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Two months before fatal drug raid, Atlanta cops encountered another elderly woman with a gun — Two months and a day before Kathryn Johnston, there was Frances Thompson. — The 80-year-old Thompson was in her bedroom the afternoon of Sept. 20, when she heard a terrible crash and shouting.
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New York Times:
Bush Warns of Vetoes Over Abortion Issue — President Bush told Congressional leaders Thursday that he would veto any legislation that weakened federal policies or laws on abortion. — In a two-page letter sent to the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, and the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid …
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Iraqis: Don't Abandon Us — Perhaps the debate over whether to persevere in Iraq has become too brittle to accept anyone else's opinion, but the foreign minister of Iraq gives it a game try. In today's Washington Post, Hoshyar Zebari implores Americans and the world not to abandon Iraq to the terrorists and sectarian lunatics.
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